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Ant photography thread

Started By Billy , Sep 9 2015 7:47 AM

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#401 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted July 3 2020 - 1:04 PM

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Nice! Are you sure that the Tetramorium queen is T.sushimae?

I'm sure. We have tons of immigrans queens around here, and she is definitely smaller. She also does not cooperate with the immigrans queens (the immigrans queens cooperate with each other, even though it may be temporary).


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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#402 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted July 6 2020 - 4:48 PM

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C. americanus foraging for nectar on an American pokeweed blossom. 
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#403 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 6 2020 - 4:50 PM

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Nice!  (y)


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Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#404 Offline madbiologist - Posted July 7 2020 - 6:29 AM

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Here's one of my Camponotus americanus colonies, as well as some pictures of Camponotus subbarbatus, as shared in my journal.

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#405 Offline TechAnt - Posted July 7 2020 - 7:26 AM

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Those ants look so cool.
My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#406 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 7 2020 - 7:41 AM

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Nice pics!
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Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#407 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 7 2020 - 9:07 AM

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C. americanus foraging for nectar on an American pokeweed blossom.

Pokeweed deserves a better reputation as a native plant. Love this shot!
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#408 Offline ponerinecat - Posted July 7 2020 - 1:19 PM

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Ants from the past few days.

 

Pheidole sp.

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Temnothorax sp.

 

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Pseudomyrmex apache

 

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#409 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted July 7 2020 - 2:44 PM

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ponerinecat, great shots. What are you shooting with?


#410 Offline ponerinecat - Posted July 7 2020 - 5:52 PM

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ponerinecat, great shots. What are you shooting with?

Nikon D3300


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#411 Offline TechAnt - Posted July 7 2020 - 6:36 PM

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Looking at this thread makes me even more sad that I can basically only find Argentines here..and the only queen that I found that was not Argentine died, because of Argentines. But, there is always a next time! Amazing photos ponerinecat!
My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#412 Online M_Ants - Posted July 7 2020 - 6:46 PM

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Yep they suck.


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Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

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#413 Offline NickAnter - Posted July 8 2020 - 8:03 AM

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All I can say is look for cryptics. They are very good at not being killed by argentines.


Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#414 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted July 8 2020 - 9:26 AM

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Or buy some. California has tons of sellers, at least on Formiculture, that is.


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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#415 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 8 2020 - 9:44 AM

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Move if/when you can. We got diversity out the wazoo here on the east coast.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#416 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted July 9 2020 - 3:35 AM

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ponerinecat, great shots. What are you shooting with?

Nikon D3300

 

What lens are you using?


#417 Offline ponerinecat - Posted July 9 2020 - 7:55 AM

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ponerinecat, great shots. What are you shooting with?

Nikon D3300

 

What lens are you using?

 

Nothing special, just the af-s nikkor 18-55 mm 1:3.5-5.6 gii it came with.


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#418 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted July 9 2020 - 10:00 AM

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Hmmm, I might have to invest in a wide angle!


#419 Offline Froggy - Posted July 10 2020 - 12:42 PM

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I got a new camera lens recently, a Laowa 65mm Macro, and it's been working well, it's manual focus, but it's really easy to work with, I'll put a link to it on the bottom, here's a Cyphomyrmex weeleri worker carrying caterpillar frass:

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Link to lens: Laowa 65mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO – LAOWA Camera Lenses


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#420 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted July 10 2020 - 1:23 PM

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Cyphomyrmex have to be my favorite looking fungus growers. They just look so interesting to me.
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